Yamagu Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yamagu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yamagu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Yamagu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yamagu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Yamagu is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Yamagu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yamagu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Yamagu occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Yamagu live; 74 percent live in Oceania Islands and 74 percent live in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Yamagu is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 93 percent reside and East Sepik, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yamangu9236/
Yamagou922/
Yamaguth865/
Yamaguch865/
Yamagutt864/
Yamangou861/
Yamagueu861/
Yamaghui861/
Jamagu832/
Jyamagaud8010/
Yamaguchz802/
Yamagoe779,171/
Jamangu7782/
Yamongu771/
Jamagau771/
Jamagaud71535/
Yamongou711/
Ihamangu711/
Iamaguch711/
Jameghou571/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yamagu
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